Witt Pit BBQ2516 1st Street, RosenbergYelp review by Nick M: "Best BBQ around! Brisket is always amazing! The sausage is really good! I love their chicken and ribs are delicious too! All the sides are great. My absolute favorites is the buttered red potatoes and the baked beans are so good, best baked beans anywhere. They have huge baked potatoes topped w/meat of your choice. The desserts are delicious too!"Photo:Yelp/Mike P

Big 6 Bar B Que9907 Highway 6 South, Sugar LandYelp review by Lynn O: "Take my money! I finally found a delicious BBQ place! The brisket was moist and had beautiful smoke ring on the outside. Perfect meat to fat ratio. The ribs were fall off the bone tender. The deer and pork sausages were great- not too fatty, not dry. The potato salad and mac n cheese were on point."Photo:Yelp/James B

Tin Roof BBQ18918 Town Center Blvd., AtascocitaYelp review by Nicole M: Ordered the Grilled Chicken Salad which was huge and delicious. I am definitely hooked on this salad and get it every time I come here. Place has expanded greatly since I moved here 10 years ago and it's a very cute place with live bands at times and a place for the kiddos to play outside.Photo:Yelp/Mike P

Tin Roof BBQ
18918 Town Center Blvd., AtascocitaYelp review by Nicole M: Ordered the Grilled Chicken Salad which was huge and delicious. I am definitely hooked on this salad and get it every time I come here.

Tejas Chocolate Craftory200 N. Elm Street, TomballYelp review by Brian T: "I ended up buying a half pound of brisket and eating it with my bare hands as I drove home. The fat was rendered perfectly, and the brisket was tender. The verde sauce is AMAZING, but I really wish I could've tried the mole sauce too."Photo: Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle less

Tejas Chocolate Craftory200 N. Elm Street, TomballYelp review by Brian T: "I ended up buying a half pound of brisket and eating it with my bare hands as I drove home. The fat was rendered perfectly, and the ... more

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Killen's BBQ3613 E. Broadway, Pearland Yelp review by Christine L: "Brisket and the beef ribs are where it's at! Seriously, melt in your mouth good. I also enjoyed the creamed corn and bread pudding. They have a bbq sauce and a coffee bbq sauce, and I didn't really care for either."Photo: Kimberly Park/File less

Killen's BBQ3613 E. Broadway, Pearland Yelp review by Christine L: "Brisket and the beef ribs are where it's at! Seriously, melt in your mouth good. I also enjoyed the creamed corn and bread pudding. They ... more

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Southern Q BBQ & Catering16540 Kuykendahl, HoustonYelp review by Don N: "Omgeeee freaking delicious G. Okay a bit too emotional, but I used to live a few blocks away from this amazing place for years until I actually found it. If you are a visitor or a local, just eat here now!!"Photo: J.C. Reid/Houston Chronicle less

Southern Q BBQ & Catering16540 Kuykendahl, HoustonYelp review by Don N: "Omgeeee freaking delicious G. Okay a bit too emotional, but I used to live a few blocks away from this amazing place for years until ... more

Paw Paw Chico BBQ26835 Cypresswood Drive, SpringYelp review by Reggie S: "Paw Paw Chico's is a truck on a lawn, but the service makes you feel like some kind of ambassador in the White House. Handshakes, free samples, genuine conversation... this will be the yard stick by which I measure all customer service from now on. Something as simple as having someone ask your name can really make all the difference. "Photo:Yelp/Kevin W

Paw Paw Chico BBQ
26835 Cypresswood Drive, SpringYelp review by Reggie S: "Paw Paw Chico's is a truck on a lawn, but the service makes you feel like some kind of ambassador in the White House. Handshakes, free

Duke's Bar-B-Que702 N. San Jacinto Ave., Cleveland Yelp review by Ryan K: "Great BBQ. I had the rib dinner, came with plenty of sides to make it a full meal. Nice, smokey flavor with a mild BBQ sauce. Friendly people running the joint, would definitely come again."Photo:Yelp/Tiffany V

Duke's Bar-B-Que
702 N. San Jacinto Ave., Cleveland Yelp review by Ryan K: "Great BBQ. I had the rib dinner, came with plenty of sides to make it a full meal. Nice, smokey flavor with a mild BBQ sauce.

Alvin Smoked Meats & Eats1109 W. Highway 6, Alvin Yelp review by Jenna Z: "This is my go to place for bbq in Alvin Now! I've had it once before when they first opened. This place is fantastic! The bbq beef nachos are spectacular!!! The cheese is spot on, not heavy but loaded with flavor, and the bbq sauce is to die for, and the beef is sweet and Smokey and ohhhh sooooo delicious. And all of this on top of homemade chips. "Photo:Yelp/Alvin Smoked Meats and Eats

Alvin Smoked Meats & Eats
1109 W. Highway 6, Alvin Yelp review by Jenna Z: "This is my go to place for bbq in Alvin Now! I've had it once before when they first opened. This place is fantastic! The bbq

Palomo Pit BBQ126 W. Gray, Houston Yelp review by Elvis C: "Not really a BBQ guy but I like to eat ... let me just start by saying that the meat falls off the bone ... it is on point ... the homemade coleslaw is delicious and different with pineapples . Home made pickles hit the spot ... and did I mention drinks are free !!! I'm a fan !!! And def. will follow these guys where where they're stationed !!!!"Photo:Yelp/Palomo

Two Brother Smokin Oak Kitchen4101 W. Bellfort, HoustonYelp review by Dante W: "This was the best smoked chicken that I have ever had. Price was great and service was excellent. I was able to order and get my food within 2 minutes. I will definitely go back to try the brisket and them Yoakum Sausage."Photo:Yelp/Whitney H

Two Brother Smokin Oak Kitchen
4101 W. Bellfort, HoustonYelp review by Dante W: "This was the best smoked chicken that I have ever had. Price was great and service was excellent. I was able to order and get my

Mama Q BBQ11410 Hempstead Road, HoustonYelp review by Monica G: "Wouah!! Brush off your food-truck-stalking skills, because this is one you *DO NOT* want to miss! I'm kidding. All you have to do is give a call, because they were super-proactive about answering. I didn't even hear it ring once on my end before Mama Q was saying, "Hello." And, boy, am I glad I did, because--Sing it!--Oh. My. Gooooooooood!" Photo:Yelp/Quintin W

Mama Q BBQ
11410 Hempstead Road, HoustonYelp review by Monica G: "Wouah!! Brush off your food-truck-stalking skills, because this is one you *DO NOT* want to miss! I'm kidding. All you have to do is give a call,

Ray's Real Pit BBQ Shack4529 Old Spanish Trail, Houston Yelp review by Keelee Q: "This place is a hidden secret!! Don't be alarmed by the location, it's safe. The small place was packed with all kinds of different people! The line and wait was long but soooo worth it."Photo: Yelp/Catherine C

Ray's Real Pit BBQ Shack
4529 Old Spanish Trail, Houston Yelp review by Keelee Q: "This place is a hidden secret!! Don't be alarmed by the location, it's safe. The small place was packed with all kinds of

AUSTIN -- The race for the next state agriculture commissioner is heating up with some barbecue restaurant owners roasting current Commissioner Sid Miller for going after their meat scales with regulations.

New campaign ads funded by Republican primary challenger Trey Blocker feature three BBQ restaurant owners complaining about Miller's use of a decades-old law requiring they weigh meat on expensive certified scales in a location where customers can see the measurement.

"Sid Miller decided that they're going to take an obscure law that's been on the books forever, that's never been enforced in the restaurant environment and enforce it," said Brent Harman, president of Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse in Dallas in one of the ads previewed by the Houston Chronicle Friday.

Another ad features a voicemail Miller left for a restaurant owner saying there's a problem with his stores. The ad ends with restaurateur Mike Cotten of Mike Cotten BBQ saying, "Sid, focus on agriculture. Stay out of my kitchen."

The two ads will go live on YouTube Monday, said Blocker. He said he will wait until after the new year to air any ads on television.

Miller has defended his enforcement effort as an effort to protect consumers and follow state law.

"The consumers that we talk to on a daily basis believe they should get a pound of barbecue when they pay for a pound of barbecue and don't like getting ripped off," said Todd Smith, Miller's campaign spokesman. "Trey Blocker may think it's OK to cheat Texans. Commissioner Miller disagrees."

The latest beef between Miller and restaurant owners concerns a new law Texas lawmakers passed this year that aims to exempt barbecue joints from having to register scales that show customers the weight of their food when it's "sold for immediate consumption."

When Miller's agency later wrote rules for implementing the law, he added that the exemption would apply to restaurants where food is sold for immediate consumption "on the premises," limiting the number of restaurants that would be exempted.

The Texas Restaurant Association have complained to Miller about the rule change, as have 45 state lawmakers who say the commissioner went beyond the Legislature's intent.

The negative ads against Miller are the latest swipe in a political cat fight between Miller and Blocker. Since Blocker announced last month he would run against Miller in the March Republican primary election, both candidates have gone on the attack, ranging from their stance on policy issues and ideology to questioning whether a true conservative would eat at a restaurant that serves Nutella banana crepes.

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